Stunning aerial photographs show the detail of the huge models and how builders have replicated the intricacies of the original buildings, including the Statue of Liberty (pictured left) and the Colosseum (pictured right)

The Arc de Triomphe (pictured) stands in the shadow of an unfinished Big Ben and next to a brightly painted building in the Chinese park

Ningbo is not short of history itself. It is one of China's oldest cities, with a history dating back to 4800 BC. It was known as a trade town on the Silk Road at least two thousand years ago, and then as a major port.

The city was also one of the five Chinese 'treaty ports' opened at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China in 1842.

Ningbo is twinned with Nottingham. The Robin Hood Statue, one of Nottingham's most famous landmarks, was recast and unveiled in the city last year.

Chinese builders have meticulously recreated aged brickwork for a Greek Colosseum replica, one of the largest in the park

An aerial view of the park shows how tens of recreations are interspersed with theme park rides and tourist kiosks

This is not the first time Chinese builders have sought to recreate the world's history. A replica of Paris' famous Arc de Triomphe also stands in Huaxi village, Jiangsu province along with a two-mile replica of the Great Walls of China and other replicas

This is not the first time Chinese builders have sought to recreate the world's history in one place.

Visitors have been flocking to a theme park in Huaxi village, Jiangsu province to see iconic copycat buildings such as Capitol Hill, the Sydney Opera House, Arc de Triomphe and even a two mile replica of the Great Wall of China.

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Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty and the Colosseum stand side-by-side at Chinese theme park